Talk me into buying a private plate
Discussion
Dubmaster77 said:
I have a simple prefix two digits and my initials, I actually really like it and think it makes my car my own, however I do get people saying ... Oh you were parked outside so and so the other day, it usually harmless comments from friends, but I do worry sometimes about how easy it is to recognise the car... Not enough to remove it though.
This all day long - amazing how many people remember a short number plate and then feel the need to tell you they saw you somewhere. I don't need a car tracker that's for sure.yonex said:
Stickyfinger said:
Here are 129 pages of posts to show why you really do not want to do this
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I bought FEN 5S (plural version of my surname) for around £4k including fees, as a guidance as this is basically the same configuration as your one.
Is it worth it? To me, yes. I like 'simple', so the lesser the letters/numbers on plates, the better.
The fact that 'your' plate sold for a grand some years ago is not a demonstration of it being poor value; it has appreciated!
They know if they sit on it long enough it will sell. There will be another Mr Copes or a owner of Copes Limited who will treat themselves.
Is it worth it? To me, yes. I like 'simple', so the lesser the letters/numbers on plates, the better.
The fact that 'your' plate sold for a grand some years ago is not a demonstration of it being poor value; it has appreciated!
They know if they sit on it long enough it will sell. There will be another Mr Copes or a owner of Copes Limited who will treat themselves.
Stickyfinger said:
who have lost faith that any taste or stytle is left in this country
Most things in life are a bit tacky. Whether they are cheap or expensive is neither here nor there. In fact sometimes a higher budget simply gives people more rope to hang themselves with. Of course it is equally possible to find decent understated solutions as well, if you look.hondansx said:
I bought FEN 5S (plural version of my surname) for around £4k including fees
Blimey.I have a dateless plate. It's English, not NI. It's three leters, two numbers, first issued in Cambridgeshire in 1952. It doesn't spell my name, or my favourite colour,and it's not remiiscent of the car its on. It is, however, memorable, and I like it.
I paid £900, all in, less than a year ago.
It's not 'personal', that's true, but even so, the prices talked about being paid for non-dateless numbers astonishes me
Doofus said:
hondansx said:
I bought FEN 5S (plural version of my surname) for around £4k including fees
Blimey.I have a dateless plate. It's English, not NI. It's three leters, two numbers, first issued in Cambridgeshire in 1952. It doesn't spell my name, or my favourite colour,and it's not remiiscent of the car its on. It is, however, memorable, and I like it.
I paid £900, all in, less than a year ago.
It's not 'personal', that's true, but even so, the prices talked about being paid for non-dateless numbers astonishes me
Personally I see nil value in wasting £900 on a number plate that means no more to you than the free one that came with the car.
Whereas £4k on a number plate resembling your name makes perfect sense IMO.
Our definition of value is different.
Shnozz said:
One mans meat...
Personally I see nil value in wasting £900 on a number plate that means no more to you than the free one that came with the car.
Whereas £4k on a number plate resembling your name makes perfect sense IMO.
Our definition of value is different.
Fair point. IMO, though, my plate will continue to be worth £900. The OP, on the other hand, has already told, us that his plate will be hard to sell on, as it won't mean much to anyone else.Personally I see nil value in wasting £900 on a number plate that means no more to you than the free one that came with the car.
Whereas £4k on a number plate resembling your name makes perfect sense IMO.
Our definition of value is different.
There's having a plate for 'investment', and there's having a plate for (no offence intended) 'vanity'. I would claim I've done neither, I just bought the plate because I didn't like the one the car came with. Objectively, of course, that makes it 'vanity'. And, to be fair, it's not right to say it "means no more to me than the free one that came with the car", because it does. Partly because I justmhappen to like it, and partly because it cost me nine hundred quid.
The fact the people will pay lots of money for regsitrations that resemble other words suggests there's a bouyant market, so who knows, I may even make a few pennies on mine
Stickyfinger said:
Ozzie Osmond said:
Doofus said:
I just bought the plate because I didn't like the one the car came with.
It was a plate that looked as if it ws trying to spell something, and it wasn't. A couple of peole checked me on it, and it threatened to get tiresome, so I decided to get shot of it.
Riley Blue said:
I can understand (sort of) the appeal of plates that relate to the car - there's a Riley Nine with RIL 9 on it - or one that is the owner's initials but what I don't understand is why people put dateless plates on their cars. Anyone care to enlighten me?
The car name ones are the ones I don't get. X5 BMW or BMW 520, so what? I can see that, it's on the badge. COL1N or SH 12LEY, now those make sense.hondansx said:
I bought FEN 5S (plural version of my surname) for around £4k including fees, as a guidance as this is basically the same configuration as your one.
Is it worth it? To me, yes. I like 'simple', so the lesser the letters/numbers on plates, the better.
The fact that 'your' plate sold for a grand some years ago is not a demonstration of it being poor value; it has appreciated!
They know if they sit on it long enough it will sell. There will be another Mr Copes or a owner of Copes Limited who will treat themselves.
FEN5S, so is your surname Fenfive? That's an unusual name (perhaps local to East Anglia?), you were lucky to get a number that actually matches your surname.Is it worth it? To me, yes. I like 'simple', so the lesser the letters/numbers on plates, the better.
The fact that 'your' plate sold for a grand some years ago is not a demonstration of it being poor value; it has appreciated!
They know if they sit on it long enough it will sell. There will be another Mr Copes or a owner of Copes Limited who will treat themselves.
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